Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced in a press release Monday the creation of a Clean Lakes Task Force aimed at decontaminating nearby lakes.
Locate recent crimes around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and the city of Madison from the week of Feb. 18-Feb. 25, 2013. This past week, four strong-armed robberies occurred in student neighborhoods.
Police charged ‘Babe’ and ‘L.A. Confidential’ actor James Cromwell Friday with disorderly conduct for interrupting a University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meeting to protest the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s use of cats to conduct research, according to a Wisconsin State Journal article.
A finalized proposal for a multi-purpose development requiring the demolition of Stadium Bar will go to a city committee for consideration April 8, according to a local city official.
The Madison Police Department released details Wednesday of the high cost and increased number of arrests at last year’s Mifflin Street Block Party.
A new apartment complex could be constructed on campus after a city design commission approved the initial plans for the project Wednesday along with reviewing two other downtown projects.
A 20-year-old woman was forcibly robbed on the south side of campus Tuesday, bringing the total number of thefts in a recent string of muggings to four, according to police reports.
Madison Police reported a Langdon neighborhood house was burglarized Wednesday, adding to the recent string of break-ins on campus this semester.
Two suspects forcefully robbed three Madison residents and stole various electronic devices on the south side of campus Monday, according to a police report.
Constituents decided in a primary election Tuesday which candidates will advance to the April 2 general election for city Council seats in two different Districts.
A provision of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget that would create a voucher-like program for special needs students drew concern from activists across the state Monday.
A project to improve downtown transportation and research possible locations for a future train and bus terminal will move forward after the Board of Estimates unanimously approved the proposal Monday.
An anti-religion foundation pursuing social reform could demolish an apartment building in the Mifflin neighborhood this fall in order to expand its national offices, located in Madison.
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Locate recent crimes around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and the city of Madison from the week of Feb. 11, 2013-Feb. 18, 2013.
A recent string of burglaries in neighborhoods between Park Street and the Capitol continued this weekend and police took four people into custody following two separate incidents, according to a police report.
In a peculiar line-item in his 2013 budget last fall, Mayor Paul Soglin proposed the city give less funding to the Overture Center, and instead bankroll an arts festival and a promotional music video.
An empty lot on the 800 block of East Washington Avenue will be the site of a new building constructed within the next few years to provide housing, commercial properties and a grocery store to nearby residents, according to a city release.
Occupy Madison members will be allowed to stay at Token Creek until March 17 after 13 campers accepted a permit deadline extension deal from the county Friday.
The Madison Fire Department responded to two separate accidents at different construction sites Friday, according to a city news release.
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